FISCAL Accounts Technician Ii-Contractual

Introduction

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve.

At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind.

This is contractual position.

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Maryland Department of Human Services
Calvert County DSS
200 Duke Street
Prince Frederick, MD 20678

The position conducts audits, manages and monitors the P10 budget, and performs other fiscal and administrative related duties as assigned within the Family Investment Administration unit.

• Develop tracking methods for all expenditures and the employment team financial transactions, as well as maintaining a thorough audit trail for customers and vendor payments.
• Maintain up-to-date budget record, recommend spending adjustments, and complete plan amendments to ensure all funds are used appropriately and on schedule.
• Work closely with the TCA/Employment Team Supervisor and agency fiscal staff.
• Provide administrative support, document scanning, and coverage for the job center front desk.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience:
  
  One year of experience reconciling agency accounting systems to fiscal control systems or developing automated spreadsheets, ledgers and reports using accounting software packages or identifying budget trends and recommending budget realignments.
• Notes:
  1. Candidates may substitute experience calculating and recording financial, statistical or other numerical data may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
• Notes:
  2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Financial Clerical/Finance Technicians classifications or specialty codes in the financial field of work at a rate of one year of military experience for the required experience.

• One year experience using spreadsheet programs (Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets).
• One year experience creating journal entries and bookkeeping.
• One year experience working with the Maryland Financial Management Information System (FMIS) or other accounting software.

Recruitment is limited to candidates willing to work in Calvert County, MD.

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified, Better Qualified, or Qualified and placed on eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

• Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents.
• As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits.
• You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.
• Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

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